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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 52m

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🧊🤨✈️ An Omni Air 767 (tail: N378AX) departs Colombia on an ICE rendition mission to Brazil 👀

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 59m

This isn't agitated and irritated.

Keep it up, and find out what that looks like.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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lalabote @lalabote.bsky.social · 1h

www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 2h

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"The Federal Protective Service reports — which are prepared each day for law enforcement partners — offered no indication of a dangerous escalation of tensions, or unusual levels of protest activity that would prompt the level of alarm expressed by Trump..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

www.nytimes.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2h

"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...

Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops

The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.

www.thedailybeast.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 4h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is in the Epstein Files.

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h

This administration is flooding the zone so furiously that people have largely lost track of the lethal attacks on boats in the Caribbean, the gov’t shutdown, the economy, failed release of the Epstein files & so much else. It’s a tactic of would-be strongmen.

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 2h

No, they're taking back the refugees that Stephen Miller deemed to be insufficiently white.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 3h

when you are worried that THIS supreme court will rule against you on invoking the insurrection act, a statute that famously gives enormous deference to the president ... maybe that's a sign that your military deployments are pretty baseless

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 3h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

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🧊🤨✈️ A GlobalX Airbus 320 (tail: N282GX) on an ICE mission out of Louisiana has just arrived in Haiti 👀

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 3h

White House: Republican
House: Republican
Senate: Republican
Ann Wagner: Republican

Feels like this is on the Republicans and their clown car of a party that can’t govern. Imagine having full control of it all and blaming the minority party for closing the government? o

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

The Maduro regime greets these returning planes with great fanfare, welcoming home the returnees. It's a propaganda thing. venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezue...

Venezuela Welcomes Migrants with ‘Dignity’ Amid Calls to Maintain Direct Dialogue with Trump - Venezuelanalysis

The Maduro government arranged the aircraft in order to uphold the “dignity and human rights” of Venezuelan nationals deported from the US.

venezuelanalysis.com

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 3h

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🧊⚠️✈️ HEADS UP OMAHA‼️

👉ICE Air inbound to Eppley Airfield

"Key Lime Air" Embraer ERJ-145

Tail: N975DC 👀

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 4h

🧊🧵✈️ Thread Continues ⤵️ bsky.app/profile/jjin...

JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 4h

🧊🧵✈️ WED 8 OCT 2025 – PART 2

🌴 EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻

⛓️ Avelo Air Will Take You There™️

👉 An Avelo 737 (tail: N804VL) completes another ICE rendition mission from Texas to El Salvador 👀

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 4h

🧊🧵✈️ WED 8 OCT 2025 – PART 2

🌴 EL SALVADOR 🇸🇻

⛓️ Avelo Air Will Take You There™️

👉 An Avelo 737 (tail: N804VL) completes another ICE rendition mission from Texas to El Salvador 👀

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 5h

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🧊🖕✈️ YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK 😬

Map of ICE Air flights on Wednesday, 8 October 2025

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 5h

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🧊⚠️✈️ HEADS UP VIRGINIA‼️

👉 ICE Air has arrived to Richmond

Eastern 737 – Tail: N917XA 👀

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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 5h

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🧊🐊🚨 EVERGLADES‼️

🛬 A Coast Guard C27J out of Louisiana has arrived to the Everglades Concentration Camp 👀

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